For instance, last year, I suddenly saw on TV a report from Lucknow saying that one of our products was killing people and should not be on the market. This drug is for life saving and not life threatening. I realized that some business rival was pushing this report to sell more of his products. I was wondering how to protect our reputation. I asked the channel to withdraw their report, explaining that our products are manufactured in FDA and WHO approved plants etc. But the Editor did not do anything. So I decided to sue him. Everybody told me I cannot take on one of the world’s leading channels, and warned me that I would spend years in courts with no end in sight.
So I tried to imagine what would Arjun have done in such a situation. If it is right to protect what is good, then we have to fight. So for the first time in my life I went to the courts. The Editor, Rajdeep Sardesai, and his lawyer came to our office. I told them they had shown a forgery, which is criminal, and as a pillar of democracy they should not do such things. So they withdrew it and let me speak on their channel to explain the situation, with one of the Padma Bhushan doctors who had worked on the medicine. They aired it many times. The point is, other people would have said just forget it. But the Gita is very clear. You have a responsibility to do what is right and you have to fight for it.

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